The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
IN THE HOSPITALS OF PAkrs.
The Work or the 6uresax de EssesTs.=snee
snd the system or Outdoor Relief-The
Religious Hespitais-Their Good Works.

LONDON, Nov. s--The third firm under
which the Assistance Publiaue undertakes to
holp tho sick and the poor IL through the in
stitution OF outdoor relief. After tho hospi-
tails, homes. and nlmshouses come the Blu
reaux de Renaissance % f1ices OF Benevolenco.
The first In existence dates as far back as
Francis l., when It was called Great Onlce OF
the Poor" and placed under the direction OF
Procureur- General Of the Parliament. In 1893
II was superseded by forty -eight committees
numbered after the municipal divisions of
Paris. In 1916 the so-caled Offices OF Charity
were reduced to twelve, following the new d.
vision into ACCOMPLISHMENTS: In 1880 the word
charity being deemed obnoxious to free
citizens who had Just shaken Off tho yoke OF
royalty. It was replaced by the term
Benevolence" and, furthermore I'm 1860,
when the outlying suburbs OF Paris were in
cluded in tho municipality Of the city, the
number OF tho bureaux rose again to twenty,
at which 1t now stands.
Each bureau is under the presidency Of the
Project; his coadjutors preside In his absence.
1t Is composed Of twelve administrators APP
pointed by the Project. who undertake the dis
tribution OF the funds in tho district OF each
office: their services are purely gratuitous. as
we'll as those. they render in the supervision OF
charitable institutions: OF an indefinite
number of commissaries and ladies' appointed
by the office who visit the poor in their homes.
carry the allotted help, report on their wants,
tons, and give the committees ali the ne sees
having charge OF the safe, and stores. who re-
ceives q salary and Is subject to all the OBJ
legations imposed on those having the care of
public moneys: Of about twelve doctors and
care to tho poor OF the ACCOMPLISHMENT, and
vaccinate the children. and finally Of midwives
sent from the bureau to assist women reIuir-
ing their miniStrations.
Each bureau has It's seat at the Mario OF it's
district. The committee is bound to meet ut
least twice month. but does SO much, more
funds, those derived from donations and the
income therefrom, collections. subscriptions.
general and additional contributions of tile AS
sistance Pnbipue. OUTDOOR relief provided
linen, bread, meat. Droth, firing, removal OF
the sick to the hospitals. money; nursing at
home. rent, help to the aged the blind, and the
paralyZed extra payment at the homes. con-
valescent houses, and soup Kitchens. The out
door relief ~ Of two kinds-either annual or
the paupers OF over "a years OF age. the abso.
lutely inflrm and helpless. In fact, tho same
wo o ua
The latter is granted to fathers having three
infant children, to widowers and widows hav-
durable disease to the poor creatures aban-
doned by their legitimat!s, or illegitimate part
Who ed under H. again
dren the wounded, and the sick.
In every reimbursement houses OF help an
nexed to tho Bureau de Renaissance are estab-
lished. There can be found the list OF the doc
tors and surgeons pertaining to tho office, the
a and tho days on Which thsy give
audiences. One doctor. one administrator. and
q couple OF commissarcs are constantly in at
sm sr to visit the domce Of ' tie p pa
In Order TO o., be entitled to outdoor relief
Frenchman must have lived In Paris at least
one year and be registered on the books of the
denee is ten years. Moreover to be inscribed
on the register it is necessary to produce GER
for the audience day OF the administrator who
presents the petition, and then for the meeting
OF the committee which has, to decide on its
heavily on the workmen suddenly deprived of
their work or struck down by accident and
system were made painfully evident at the time inc
the panic which followed and caused SO many any
theatres to close number OF machinists
ballet girls were abruptly informed at s O'clock
hs woaa bs Whon 70 for an
uncertain time, Many families were in conse-
1ss utterly but not Ssng
without bread The organization as iii il
in many respects, but it does not provide
sIiiicientlSS for the casual or SO to speak acct
soctude or the ehronc e psaps Who know
too well how to take advantage Oft Another
objection raised against the Bureaux de Bien-
to the district to which they helon.-some are
rich. others are not: so that In, certain arron-
pauper IS estimatei at " seventy francs Wills
francs; The dlspropoorton was SO large that a
general division q the allowances granted to
lief practised with discerning and intei-
gent supervision, cannot be oyerrated: it re-
mains mains for t super9r to the admission into
biiity. ind ependencs. and sef-reIiance Which It
almost every C case Iuiled BY '1 proongsd ed SC"
lourn in charitable institution: The inmates.
having no cares or anXieties for the morrow.
tho management OF impersonal I'D Manifestations. |
and accept rs due to their incapacity the |
Outside the pale OF the Assistance Publiauo
here exist in Paris two religious hospitals |
i 1,, neither on the Goyernment or the
st. Joseph and Notro Dame OF Perpetual Sue
cor The former, possessing only tifty;two
IN one year received 400 patients and given
200 free consultations to the poor of tho neigh
GS do Rs1oag g0 a sefFn
and was founded to become n medical school
Tor the students OF the free faculties: hence its
enormous proportions and cost. When COM
improvements, y will. vie In size and impor-
ance with La Charlie and Beaujon, but the
priest and the Sister OF Mercy will never be
lriyen from its gates.
Notre Dame du Perpetual Secours Is situated
within few yards OF the Notifications in the
midst OF the ancient park OF Neuilly. On pass
ng through the IRON gates tho visitor might
ancy himself suddenly transported into somo
luaint old Flemish Beguinage. Ile sees n
series OF small one-story buildings in red
bricks and timbers, pierced by large sunny
windows In the centre rises the chapel. At
zach side OF the altar, tall. movable glazed par
itions separate the choir from two wards.
whence the patients unable to leave their beds
IAN see mass celebrated. and follow the move
nents of the officiating priest, Close to the
wards arc tho lavatorieS and baths, amply pro-
Iided with brushes, sponges, SOAP and towels.
Tho numerous refectories are furnished with
ables covered with ol-cloth. aud surrounded
~ dressers and presses. Each ward has its
'wn garden. gay with flowers. shady with
rees. and neopled with singing birds. The
arge windows admit not only sun and air. but
he perfume Of the flowers and the aroma OF
he woods, and isolated rooms are set apart for
contagious Diseases Behind the altar Is tho
convent OF the nuns belonging to the Domin-
an order and congregation OF st. Catherine of
sienna, who also possess several hospitals In
he provinces. They nre cloistered nuns, and.
having hidden an eternal farewell TO the outer